The Department of Health’s statement on publication of The National Archives’ Information Management Assessment report

June 2015

The Department of Health underwent an Information Management Assessment (IMA) by The National Archives (TNA) in 2014. The final report is published today and I welcome the assessment.

I am grateful to The National Archives (TNA) for undertaking a thorough assessment and am pleased that they have highlighted areas where we do things well. The Department of Health has a wealth of knowledge held by our staff and in our records and information, and we place great importance in managing these assets well.

We look forward to working with them on developing and implementing an action plan. We have a firm foundation that we can build on to ensure that we work to strengthen our future management of information and records.

UNA O’BRIEN Permanent Secretary